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  MY DISASSOCIATION LETTER please read

  by josephus in

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  hi all this is josephus here and im posting my disassociation letter minus any identifying details which ill leave blank.

  i would like thoughts on it if poss, but not spelling tips as my girl will check it 2morrow i just wanted to see if i struck the right balence .

  or maybe if i put something wrong.. thanks all josephus.

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  awwwww im all pleased. thanks so far.

  josephus, ps once i post it this week im changing my name to my real one.
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  MY DISASSOCIATION LETTER please read

  by josephus in

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  hi all this is josephus here and im posting my disassociation letter minus any identifying details which ill leave blank.

  i would like thoughts on it if poss, but not spelling tips as my girl will check it 2morrow i just wanted to see if i struck the right balence .

  or maybe if i put something wrong.. thanks all josephus.

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  phew its posted and edited cause i forgot to remove my name!!!! what a spaz!.

  anyway thoughts are welcome.

  josephus
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  MY DISASSOCIATION LETTER please read

  by josephus in

  1. jw
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  hi all this is josephus here and im posting my disassociation letter minus any identifying details which ill leave blank.

  i would like thoughts on it if poss, but not spelling tips as my girl will check it 2morrow i just wanted to see if i struck the right balence .

  or maybe if i put something wrong.. thanks all josephus.

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  josephus

  here goes ill try again................

  The governing body of Jehovah?s witnesses

  Brooklyn New York

  United States of America

  Dear Sirs

  I am writing for the first and last time as a member of the Jehovah?s Witness religion. I was raised in this faith and was baptized at the age of twelve in the congregation in xxxxxxxx. I remained a part of that congregation till about 1999/2000 when I stopped going, mainly because of the cruel treatment I received from several ?elders?.

  During the last 4 years I have had no visits from the shepherds of my hall. No? one has tried to encourage me back into association with Jehovah?s one religion. During that time i looked into your religion very deeply, and as i am sure you will know, found you lacking. I discovered the broken promises, the half-truths and lies you?ve told for one hundred years. I learned the things you try so desperately to hide from the witnesses, to many to go into in this letter.

  I have learned that many elders know these things. My circuit overseer xxxxx has said on the platform ?there are many things I don?t believe, but I still teach them?. All my local elders know the things mentioned in the various publications outlining the wrong teachings and wrong practices of your religion, but they continue to persist in this great lie.

  What hurts the most is not your lies, but the results those lies have had on so many millions of people. I think of the parents who refused to inoculate their children because you said they were ?filthy animal puss? I think about the men and women left with no provision for old age and no children to provide for them because of your emphasis on ?the end of this system of things?, and not ?wanting to bring children into this sick old system? finally I think of the people who have died because of your wrong policy on blood transfusions, my own sister nearly being one of your victims.

  I have seen so many good people in your religion, however I have seen cruel and evil ones too. Your claim to be uniquely clean is as false as the worship you offer to our god. I won?t go into the things I or my family have suffered because of your teachings. But before I end my letter I wanted to say a few things.

  You were not picked out in 1914 to oversee all gods? possessions on earth. God does not choose you. God does not deal with selfish arrogant men who hide in ivory towers while ordering good people to live under burdens they will not touch.

  You are not protecting Jehovah?s name by hiding the abusers of children in your church. By doing this you only insult him and allow abuses to continue for longer.

  You are not helping men become Christians by making them get out on the service once a week. While ignoring the old and sick. My own presiding overseer (a man in his late seventies) once said, ?I don?t like visiting the elderly?. An old women in my hall was so long ignored in her home, she asked the sisters who eventually saw her ?have I been disfellowshipped?.

  You are a wonderful example of straining the gnat while swallowing the camel. You worry about the colour of shirts brothers wear on the platform or whether they should have a beard or not, but you ignore the most important things in a Christian life namely love of fellow man and not judging him. You have spent so long telling the world how evil cristendom is, but they would shudder at things you do everyday. And while I know of the despicable acts of some churchs, I also know that they understand the concept of asking for forgiveness. You have never said sorry for your sins, you?ve only blamed others.

  I continue to hold warm feelings for many men and women in my hall and I am aware of the consequences of my actions, but I cannot be associated with this thoroughly unchristian group any longer.

  Please make known this to my local congregation as soon as possible.

  xxxxxxx
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  MY DISASSOCIATION LETTER please read

  by josephus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi all this is josephus here and im posting my disassociation letter minus any identifying details which ill leave blank.

  i would like thoughts on it if poss, but not spelling tips as my girl will check it 2morrow i just wanted to see if i struck the right balence .

  or maybe if i put something wrong.. thanks all josephus.

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  Well its kinda threaputic really and it gets me away from them once and for all, but i allso dont want my name linked with theirs anywhere even in my old freinds heads. BUUUUT ive messed this up a bit and i havent posted the letter so ill fix it then get thoughts.

  josephus
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  MY DISASSOCIATION LETTER please read

  by josephus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi all this is josephus here and im posting my disassociation letter minus any identifying details which ill leave blank.

  i would like thoughts on it if poss, but not spelling tips as my girl will check it 2morrow i just wanted to see if i struck the right balence .

  or maybe if i put something wrong.. thanks all josephus.

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  josephus

  hi all this is josephus here and im posting my disassociation letter minus any identifying details which ill leave blank. i would like thoughts on it if poss, but not spelling tips as my girl will check it 2morrow i just wanted to see if i struck the right balence . or maybe if i put something wrong.

  thanks all josephus
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  favourite games to play as a child during boring meetings

  by Surfacing in

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  my parents were both very strict, and i wasn't allowed any toys at the hall.

  my rations included a copy of my book of bible stories, and a pen and note pad.

  my parents were strict to the point of not allowing me to draw pictures, i had to "take notes".

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  i was very good at chess, and can still play ok now. despite it being a terrible war game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  so i used the acustic ceiling tiles as a board imagined them white and black then played in my head.

  i looked really keen but i was just trying to visualise 32 chess men on the roof.

  josephus
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  Martial Arts

  by Noumenon in

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  has anyone heard of a jw being disfellowshipped for taking up martial arts?

  i know it's not allowed for jw's.

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  josephus

  i am out a goodly while but i was counseled for ju jitsu as a teen.

  im now enjoying mixed martial arts like the ultimate fighting championship (ie no holds barred.)

  i was attacked recently by a kid with a knife and instead of dieing i kicked him in the stomach till he ran away.

  so glad i ignored those idiots

  josephus
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  Why am i sitting here crying

  by kls in

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  why after all this time does it hurt so bad ,, why ?

  why can't he say happy birthday to me why can' t he say anything.i want to hear it from him so bad.

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  im thinking of you today. i hope your feeling better and ill say a prayer. happy birthday andbest wishes josephus
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  Would You Outlaw Jehovah's Witnesses If You Had The Power?

  by minimus in

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  as much as i believe that the witnesses are a "cult", i don't think i'd choose to legally ban them.

  what about you?

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  josephus

  yup id do one thing for sure.

  id make every religion that tried to preach to others give out an equally attractive leaflet arguing against you.

  kinda like cigarettes.

  josephus
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  ENGLAND! Any other disfellowshipped males?

  by altom in

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  male (50's) seeking contact with other disfellowshipped males.

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  josephus

  hi welcome to to the board.

  congratulations on being out. im 30 in northern ireland. a bit far for meeting up for drinkies but if you support england ill talk to you ! ;)

  cheers

  josephus